More information about the Nuclear Abolition Day appeal, including how to endorse it, is available here. … The United Nations, which was established 80 years ago, affirmed nuclear disarmament as a top priority in its very first resolution, A/Res/1(1). In 2013, frustrated at the lack of progress, the UNGA declared September 26 as the International Day for […]
You are invited to the International Student and Young Pugwash (ISYP) / British Student and Young Pugwash (SYP-UK) webinar ‘Golden Dome: understanding the US’s new missile defence system.’ Jessica West of Project Ploughshares and Sam Wilson of The Aerospace Corporation will explore the current status of the initiative. The webinar is on 25 September at 18:00-19:30 (UK) and will include a […]
On 8 July the Royal Society, British Pugwash and International Pugwash hosted a special event marking the 70th anniversary of the Russell-Einstein Manifesto. A review of the event is available here. Photos of the event are available below alongside the programme. You can watch the video of the event here: On July 9, 1955, two […]
On 25 May, Mark Lynas gave the British Pugwash Lecture at the Hay Festival. Watch the video here: Nuclear war is a far greater immediate threat to humanity’s survival than climate change, yet we are in near-total denial. The environment campaigner and Six Degrees author puts the issue back to the top of the global […]
British Pugwash and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament hosted an evening of discussion with Annie Jacobsen, author of the international bestseller ‘Nuclear War – A Scenario’. A chilling, minute-by-minute account of what follows a nuclear attack, the book exposes the horrifying realities of such a war. Watch the video here: With the rising threat of […]
At our 2025 Annual Lecture on Wednesday 14 May, Dr David Ellwood spoke on: ‘Is even a minimal nuclear deterrent MAD?’ You can watch the video here: Outline The five recognized nuclear weapons states have a legal obligation to pursue disarmament under Article VI of the NPT, but as the Doomsday Clock of the Bulletin of Atomic […]
